Vietnam, as an ASEAN member, always supports the bloc’s efforts to intensify close cooperation with the European Union (EU) in all spheres, said head of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Tran Van Hang.

 Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen has suggested public security forces of Vietnam and his country strengthen collaboration in combating crimes in the coming time.

 Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang received Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai city Han Zheng, who is leading a delegation to Vietnam, on May 12.

 Hundreds of circus performers from eight countries will participate in the International Circus Festival 2016 in Hue City from May 28 to June 4.

 The People’s Committee of the northern province of Thai Binh has instructed relevant agencies to correct the inaccurate information released recently regarding dead marine animals found at Tien Hai District’s Con Vanh Beach.

 The Hoa Binh Sugarcane and Sugar JSC will pay more than VNĐ1.4 billion (US$62,790 ) as compensation to the households that suffered from the mass fish deaths along the Bưởi River.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam tax authorities have said that they are considering whether Big C Vietnam has committed transfer pricing.

VietNamNet Bridge – A number of Vietnamese photographers have won grand prizes at international photography competitions in India and Turkey.

Landslide and subsidence have occurred repeatedly on a large area in the southern most province of Ca Mau. Experts said the phenomenon was caused by drought, which has lasted for several months in southern Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many unfavorable conditions may make the 6.7 percent GDP growth rate target in 2016 unattainable, economists say. 

 An experimental AstraZeneca drug that failed last year as a treatment for a rare cancer of the eye has been awarded special "orphan" status in the United States for a type of thyroid cancer.

 India is home to four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has entrusted relevant agencies to closely scrutinise the Panama Papers and act on the information in accordance with the country's legal regulations.

Resignation will transform into the forced acceptance of the de facto control of China in the East Sea and then the existence of the conventions on the law of the sea cannot do much to change the fact.

VietNamNet Bridge - A series of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been sold at sky-high prices as they hold large land plots in advantageous positions, known as ‘golden land’. However, the sales might make the enterprises less attractive.

About 120km from Phan Thiet City in south-central Binh Thuan province, Phu Quy Island is seen as a suitable tourist site for holiday makers thanks to beautiful beaches and pristine natural landscapes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of installation art by Vietnamese artist Tran Trong Vu and his French colleague Christine Jean will take place at French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi from May 12 to June 5, L’Espace has announced.

Vietnam to ease FDI operations, Vietnam misses many opportunities from WTO membership, Material shortage cripples shrimp processing factories, Saigon Port lowers target for 2016, plans divestment

 VietNamNet Bridge – The trial installation of security camera systems in the central city of Da Nang has helped the city to discover and prevent hundreds of crimes.

VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 40 ancient maps, indicating the Hoang Sa Islands belong to Viet Nam, and two atlases were displayed for the first time at a conference: Conflict in the South China Sea at Yale university in Connecticut, the US

In the first quarter of 2016, when Big C was not sold to Thailand yet, the trade deficit between Vietnam and Thailand was already nearly $1 billion. This was the highest trade deficit between Vietnam and an ASEAN member.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eighty-year-old singer Tran Hieu has been recognised by Viet Nam Guinness Records as the country’s oldest People’s Artist.

As seen throughout history, wherever Vietnamese citizens live, such places are also home to temples, pagodas or communal houses, without exception of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Thousands hectares of forest in the central highlands province of Kon Tum are facing extinction as the local authorities are determined to construct a road that seems of little benefit to travellers.

The Saigon Suite at The Reverie Saigon was listed in the’12 Penthouse Perches to Swoon Over’ by Travel + Leisure. The suite was listed amongst 11 other hotel suites from around the globe.